Broken Links: Psychosocial support for people separated from family members. Training Module

The PS Centre has produced a field guide and a one-day training module on psychosocial support for people separated from family members. These resources were developed to support staff and volunteers in a wide range of settings who may be in contact with families who have been separated from their loved ones.

The field guide and the training module outline the types of contact staff and volunteers might have with families affected by separation, offering resources for providing psychosocial support. The materials focus on the causes and consequences of being separated from family members, the psychosocial impacts of separation, how staff and volunteers can support people in this situation, as well as self-care for staff and volunteers. There is also information about the Family Links Network.

The aim of the training module is to build skills and confidence in Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers in order to improve their responses, as well as to raise awareness of the broader goals of the Movement’s work in supporting families separated from their loved ones.